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I have been noticing things lately about how we relate to our humans, especially when it comes to caresses and general scritches. I like it best when Man scritches the back of my neck. I can't stop purring when he does that.

But Man likes to comb and brush me. I don't really like the comb but I'll let him do it every now and then. The brush is better because it's much more gentle, although it doesn't get out the tangles.

Sometimes when I'm asleep and happy with my paws in the air he will sneak up on me with The Scissors. I'm scared of The Scissors but I know what they're for and I know he'll be as gentle as he can. So if I keep still and pretend nothing's happening he will snip off big clumps of my fur, especially under my leg near my shoulder. He doesn't do it to the others, but their fur is a lot shorter than mine and they don't need it.

Shadow is a lot more obvious when it comes to soliciting affection. Sometimes she sits on the chair in the bathroom and looks up hopefully as humans go past. They rub the back of her head and she purrs a lot. If they stop too soon she will reach out and scratch them which, by rights, shouldn't work; but it does and she gets more caresses. I really don't think scratching is a good way to get more attention.

Belladonna is the most subtle. She just sits patiently and waits, and sooner or later some humans will give her some head caresses. When that happens she purrs loudly like I do.

Poor Shadow can't purr though, so she probably feels she has to make it obvious how much she likes it. She also likes washing her humans, which I don't get at all; but she loves it. It's very sweet watching her do it.

Woman has been lying on the bed in the Moving Picture Box Room a lot lately, so Belladonna has been lying on Woman's pillow there. My sister then said okay, in that case I'm having the front room bed.

Meanwhile I'm staying right where I am on our bed because it's mine. And I'm beginning to think if I want to call anything my own at all around here I'd better make it clear that this bed at least is my property and if anyone else wants it they can go where I'm not. Man seems OK with this. He snuggles down crossways so I get my favourite place next to the Big Warm.

When she's here Shadow has taken to sitting right next to Man's pillow and telling everyone it's hers. Sometimes I go there when she's elsewhere, just to see why she likes it so much. It is OK there, but not as good as next to the Big Warm.

My sister and I are not really speaking to each other right now but this is okay. Better than quarrelling all the time anyway.